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Quotation from Meyer v. Nebraska by Supreme Court of the United States
“Without doubt, it denotes not merely freedom from bodily restraint, but also the right of the individual to contract, to engage in any of the common occupations of life, to acquire useful knowledge, to marry, establish a home and bring up children, to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience, and generally to enjoy those privileges long recognized at common law as essential to the orderly pursuit of happiness by free men.”
Meyer v. Nebraska, Opinion of the Court (Justice McReynolds) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Justice McReynolds lists the liberties the Court has held to be protected by the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Citation: "Without doubt, it denotes not merely freedom from bodily restraint, but also the right of the individual to contract, to engage in any of the common occupations of life, to acquire useful knowledge, to marry, establish a home and bring up children, to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience, and generally to enjoy those privileges long recognized at common law as essential to the orderly pursuit of happiness by free men." — Supreme Court of the United States, Meyer v. Nebraska, Opinion of the Court (Justice McReynolds) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id meyer-v-nebraska-q1)
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